Police Give Update On Sowore, Deny Shooting

The Police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday denied claims it shot civil rights activist and online publisher, Omoyele Sowore during a protest.

 GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that civil rights activists including Inibehe Effiong, one of Sowore’s lawyers, had on Monday morning alleged that a female police officer shot Sowore during a protest at Unity Fountain, Abuja.

Sowore also corroborated the claim in a tweet he issued alleging that he was shot by the police, as he charged his supporters to carry on with the “struggle” if he died.

“Just been shot by a police officer, ACP Atine at the Unity Fountain in Abuja. #RevolutionNow Let the struggle continue even if they take my life!” he had tweeted.

However, reacting to the assertion, the FCT police in a statement issued on Monday by Mariam Yusuf, spokeswoman of the command, said the activist was not shot at by the police.

“Contrary to the speculation, Police operatives professionally restored calm at the Unity Fountain following attempts by a group of protesters to incite public disturbance.”

“The protesters who went on the rampage were resisted by Police Operatives in order to prevent them from causing a breakdown of law and order.

“There is no record of such incident as at the time of this report,” the police spokeswoman said in the statement.

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